Tag: Observing

Back to Article List The globular cluster M92 lies near the Keystone of Hercules, coming in a close second to ...

Back to Article List The solar system’s largest and smallest planets meet in the evening sky, standing 2° apart shortly ...

Back to Article List This morning, set your sights on the first planetary nebula ever discovered: M27, the Dumbbell Nebula ...

Jupiter meets Mercury in a conjunction visible for a short time after sunset in early June. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly ...

Back to Article List Here are a few things to consider before you put your eye to an eyepiece. At ...

Back to Article List This famous asterism is rising earlier as we approach Northern Hemisphere summer. Catch it in the ...

Back to Article List Asteroid 2 Pallas has reached its stationary point in the sky near the four stars forming ...

Back to Article List The ever-moving lunar terminator has shifted to throw three prominent craters into contrast: Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and ...

Back to Article List Just above Leo’s back is another leonine star pattern: Leo Minor the Little Lion, also called ...

The innermost planets straddle nighttime, with Mercury in the evening and the greatest western elongation of Venus in the morning. ...